Job Title: Financial Crime Risk and Control – AI and Change - VP
Location: Bangalore, India
Role Description
- We are seeking a seasoned Vice President to lead and scale Change the bank, AI and transformation across Financial Crime operations.
- The role blends program delivery, change management, technology enablement, and AI adoption to sharpen risk management, strengthen regulatory adherence, and improve operational performance at pace.
- Industry experience in KYC/Financial Crime is highly advantageous but not mandatory for an exceptional operator with demonstrable outcomes in complex environments.
What we’ll offer you
As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy
- Best in class leave policy
- Gender neutral parental leaves
- 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
- Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
- Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
- Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
- Accident and Term life Insurance
- Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above
Your key responsibilities
- Operational Change for KYC/FCR: Lead or support change projects across large, multi‑site operations (e.g., KYC, FCR), driving process re‑design, throughput uplift, and quality improvement (Lean/Agile where appropriate).
- Data & Analytics / AI Enablement: Translate business problems into data‑driven solutions; champion analytics and AI use‑cases (e.g., KYC workflow optimization, transaction monitoring process flow, quality analytics, intelligent automation), ensuring appropriate model governance, data privacy, and control considerations.
- Stakeholder & Change Leadership: Build trusted relationships across Operations, Technology, and Risk/Compliance; communicate crisply, manage senior forums, and lead change adoption with measurable outcomes.
- Benefits Realization: Define KPIs/KRIs and value cases; track cycle time, quality, cost, and risk benefits to closure with transparent reporting.
- Program & Portfolio Leadership: Oversee a book of change covering project management, transformation, technology, and AI‑driven initiatives, with clear benefits, budgets, risk/issue management, and stakeholder alignment from problem definition through to scaled adoption.
- Regulatory & Policy Adherence: Partner with Compliance/AFC and 1LoD stakeholders to interpret policy, close gaps, and ensure audit/regulatory preparedness across jurisdictions.
- Process Optimization: Will be involved in driving optimization in operations for cross-functional operation with technology, business and production partners ensuring systems are operating efficiently and available to achieve business outcomes
Stakeholder Engagement & Governance
- Present strategy and road map recommendations to Leadership team.
- Build strong partnerships with front office, operations, DCO, compliance, and technology teams.
Your skills and experience
- Tenured VP with a strong track record of delivering large, cross‑functional change in complex, regulated environments.
- Extensive experience leading change initiatives/programs/projects, communicating and driving global transformation initiatives in a matrixed environment and/or production support of production environments
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, or related field.
- Proven process improvement credentials (Lean, Six Sigma, or equivalent practical experience).
- Data & AI literacy (able to frame use‑cases, partner with data/tech teams, and steward responsible AI practices).
- Familiarity with AI‑enabled analytics or AI‑supported control enhancement tools is desirable, particularly where these capabilities can streamline risk identification, testing, or monitoring processes.
- Industry exposure in KYC/Financial Crime is highly beneficial but not mandatory for candidates with clear adjacent success (e.g., large‑scale ops transformation in other risk‑sensitive domains).
- Proven leadership in cross-functional teams and executive-level stakeholder management.
- Analytical skills and attention to detail, with the ability to think laterally around issues, proposing solutions where required.
- Executive‑level communication and stakeholder management; able to influence senior forums and drive decisions at pace.
- Ability to work to high standards and under strong time constraints.
Preferred Certifications:
- ACAMS - Certified Anti–Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)
- ICA Certifications (International Compliance Association)
- CAMS-FCI / CAMS-Audit (Advanced ACAMS streams)
- FCAI (Financial Crime Academy Institute)
- CISA, CRISC, or equivalent (desirable)
- Deep understanding of banking products, trading systems, and regulatory frameworks (e.g., SOX, Basel, MiFID II, DORA)
- Experience in Prompt Engineering for AI development
How we’ll support you
- Training and development to help you excel in your career
- Coaching and support from experts in your team
- A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
- A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs
About us and our teams
Please visit our company website for further information:
https://www.db.com/company/company.html
We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.
Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.
We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.
Skills Required
- Proven track record delivering large, cross-functional change in complex, regulated environments
- Experience leading programs/projects in operations, transformation, technology, or AI-driven initiatives
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, or related field
- Proven process improvement credentials (Lean, Six Sigma, or equivalent practical experience)
- Data and AI literacy; ability to frame use-cases and steward responsible AI practices
- Executive-level communication, stakeholder management, and leadership of cross-functional teams
- Familiarity with AI-enabled analytics or AI-supported control enhancement tools
- Industry exposure in KYC/Financial Crime or adjacent large-scale ops transformation experience
- Preferred certifications such as ACAMS, ICA, CAMS-FCI, CAMS-Audit, CISA, CRISC
- Experience in Prompt Engineering for AI development
Deutsche Bank Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is positioned as comprehensive, spanning multiple medical plan options along with dental, vision, prescription coverage, life insurance, and disability protection.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away is described as generous, including annual leave, sick leave, public holidays, wellbeing leave, volunteering leave in some regions, and expanded bereavement leave in certain locations.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is presented as a matched savings plan (401(k)), reinforcing longer-term financial security as part of the rewards package.
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